RAUCCI, ANNA (D’AURIA)

Anna (D’Auria) Raucci 92 of Branford, formerly of New Haven passed away December 24, 2019 at CT Hospice. She was born October 31, 1927 in New Haven to Alfonse and Rose (Tedesico) D’Auria. Anna is survived by her three children, Anthony Raucci (Faye) of Clinton, Maryann Touchette (Raynald) of Texas and Salvatore Raucci, Jr. (Kathy) of New Haven. Anna is also survived by five grandchildren, Michael Raucci (Ashley), Melissa Stotz (Cameron), Salvatore Raucci III, (Jill), Steven Raucci (Michael), Michelle Raucci (Josh) along with numerous great-grandchildren and a longtime friend, Becky Candido of Branford. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Salvatore Raucci (2010) and eight brothers and six sisters. Mom worked 25 years at the Edward Malley Co. and 10 years at Ann Taylor. Mom loved to dance, play bingo and go to the local casinos. She cherished the times with her great-grandchildren and also took care of neighboring children. She was also very active in her church community.

Family will receive friends on Thursday, January 2, 2020 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the

Her funeral procession will leave Clancy-Palumbo Funeral Home on Friday, January 3 at 9:30 a.m. for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. John Bosco Parish at the Church of St. Mary, 731 Main Street, Branford, CT 06405 with Committal to follow at All Saints Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 313 Washington Street, Suite 310, Newton, MA 02458 in memory of Anna Raucci.

www.Clancy-PalumboFuneralHome.com partment,” Barone said. “They finally got a system in place and this was really the first year where we finally had a good data set for Bridgeport, and now, in the first year that we’ve had a reliable data set, we’re seeing statistically significant disparities.”

The data collection and analysis is required by the state’s antiracial profiling law, named for the late state Senator Alvin W. Penn from Bridgeport, who championed the legislation.

Bridgeport Police Chief Armando Perez defended the department and said there is no problem with racial profiling.

“We’re not perfect, we’re human, but our heart is in the right place,” he said Thursday. “Alvin Penn was one of my best friends. Fun guy. Absolutely not, we would never, never, ever do anything like that to dishonor his name. It’s a work in progress. Like I said before, this group is harmless. We are here and to protect the people that live in the city. Our men and women are dedicated to the protection of all people here, it doesn’t matter their color. We have a very diverse police department and we’re going to move forward and do the best we can.”

Moving on without Bridgeport

Once departments have been identified by the Racial Profiling Prohibition Project’s initial analysis — which takes into account every single traffic stop in the state, the outcomes, the demographics of the areas where stops occur, traffic patterns, time of day and more — Barone and project staff delve deeper into the departments identified to determine if the problem lies with individual officers or if the disparities are the result of a department wide culture.

Barone said the Bridgeport Police Department has not responded to multiple requests for a followup meeting to perform additional analysis. The department has been plagued by controversy and scandal, and recently made headlines for racial profiling when Rosario, a past head of the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus in the state legislature, said he was improperly questioned about his legislative license plates. Rosario has said he feels certain he was racially profiled.

“Bridgeport has not been a very responsive police department when it has come to complying with the racial profiling law,” said Barone, who first contacted the department with preliminary results in October in order to set up a meeting to determine why the department might have been flagged this year.

“We’ve actually moved on right now without them,” he said.

Perez, while adamantly defending the department against Rosario’s claims of racial profiling, said he was unaware of Barone’s contact with the department but said he is willing to participate in any additional analysis that needs to be completed by the state in accordance with the state’s antiracial profiling law.

“Whatever we need to do we will comply with the state and we will make sure we are on point,” Perez said, adding, “Bridgeport is a multicultural city. We have a huge melting pot so